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Brooke Carlson
Paul Pack
40
Rogers St. RS 1-5,1-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
67
Winner Neb.-Kearney UNK 5-0,5-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Rogers St. RS
1-5,1-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
40
Final
67
Neb.-Kearney UNK
5-0,5-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rogers St. RS 9 11 13 7 40
Neb.-Kearney UNK 21 14 16 16 67

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UNK Puts the Clamps on Rogers

Kearney, Neb. – Junior post Brooke Carlson had 19 points and nine rebounds and Nebraska-Kearney once again was stingy on defense to roll past Rogers State, 67-40, Friday night at the Health & Sports Center.

The Lopers (5-0) have now held all five opponents under 54 points with the last three failing to reach 49. Rogers, minus leading scorer Samariah Thompson (21.2 per game) due to injury, falls to 1-5. This mark Loper head coach Carrie Eighmey's 100th career conference win; 58 have come at UNK and 42 at Hastings College over a nine-year tenure. 

UNK never trailed and roared out to a 21-9 first quarter lead. The Lopers went inside early and often to Carlson (Elkhorn) who attempted a career-high 20 shots. While RSU went on a mini-run in the second quarter to get within five UNK held a double digit lead over the final 26 minutes.

"Our offense is a work in progress. It's slowly getting better but I still don't think we're shooting it as well from the perimeter as we will," Eighmey said. "We're getting open shots but they aren't falling yet. We had to get a little creative and find some other ways to get shots at the rim."

Rogers finished just 14 of 52 (26.9%) from the field with four of the makes being threes. The Lopers were also plus 10 on the glass and tallied 25 points off 19 turnovers. Finally, UNK had a 34-12 advantage in paint points.

"Usually at this time of the year teams aren't where they want to be defensively. But our defense is what we've been leaning on," Eighmey said. "It's something we can control. It's a lot of effort, willingness to give energy, be disciplined and takes communication. Our team has continuity and a lot of returners so we've kind of picked up from where we left off."

Carlson reached her point and rebounding totals in 26 minutes. All nine of her caroms came on the defensive end with South Dakota junior Klaire Kirsch grabbing eight boards, seven being defensive. Off the bench Kansas junior forward Elisa Backes had 12 points, four rebounds, two blocks and sunk two of the team's five threes. She also went 6 of 6 at the line.

"Brooke did a good job of making herself available especially early in the game. Most of her shots came in the first half … if something is working why go away from it," Eighmey said. "Elisa had a pretty good day too. Offensively she was as good as she has been all year."

UNK hosts Northeastern State on Sunday afternoon. The RiverHawks (1-4) fell by an 80-60 score tonight at Fort Hays State.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Elisa Backes

#5 Elisa Backes

G/F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Brooke Carlson

#45 Brooke Carlson

C
6' 1"
Sophomore
Klaire Kirsch

#20 Klaire Kirsch

G/F
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Elisa Backes

#5 Elisa Backes

6' 1"
Sophomore
G/F
Brooke Carlson

#45 Brooke Carlson

6' 1"
Sophomore
C
Klaire Kirsch

#20 Klaire Kirsch

5' 11"
Sophomore
G/F